Cover 1
Title Page 3
Copyright Page 4
Dedication 5
Foreword 9
Introduction: How Did I Get Here? 13
1. “You Should Do Something with Those Kids” 19
2. Can’t These Kids Be Kids? 31
3. “Are You Miss Diane?” 44
4. Resistance from Every Side 57
5. Midlife Career Change 68
6. Around the Clock 79
7. Save a Teen 91
8. “It’s Your Vision” 102
9. Headstones 113
10. When the Lord Takes You Down a Peg 127
11. Hope and Change 140
12. Not on My Block 151
13. Turn Around 162
14. No Peace 176
15. Hero 190
16. The Floodgates Open 202
17. Battlefield Outside My Door 214
18. We’re Worth It 226
19. Fierce Over 40 236
20. Look What God Did 246
Acknowledgments 257
Back Ads 261
Back Cover 272